Improvement in combined steamers and condensers



G. W. LANE.

Domestic Boi1r.

Patented Jan. 17, 18171.

NJ ETERS. PHOIU-LITHGGRAPHER. WAS HINGON. D. c.

= time cnonen W. LANE, or PORTLAND, MAINE, AssIeNoR, T0 HIMSELF AND emetic.

JOHN ALLES, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent'No. 111,067, dated-January 17,1871.

The Sehednle referredto in these Letters'Patent and making part 0'; the same.

1'0 (din-ham it may concern: Be it knownthat I,.GEORGE W. LANE, of Portland, in the 1 county of Cumberland and State of Maine,

have invented a new and useful Combined Steamer and Condenser; and I do hereby declare the following to be .a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others to make and use my invention, reference being had to'the'accompanying drawing formingpart of this specification, 'in which is shown a sectional view of my invention.

My invention has relation to the combination of a condensenlnade as herein described, with a steamer for steaming articles of food.

' The condenser is to -be used for preparing or evaporating fresh water from salt or s'ea-water, and is for use on ship-board.

It is my aim to produce a cheap and simple one for use on the smaller kinds of vessels.

I nseit with an ordinary kettle, the condenser being set down into the kettle for that purpose.

a a are the walls of the condenser.

I), the part of fitting down into the kettle.

. i c is the condensingsurfiicc...

(I, the rcceptaclc'forthe products of condensation. This ruus'around the inner periphery of the cylinder formed by the walls (4 at the point shown in the drawing. 1

0 shows the tube to lead the condensed water into any proper receptacle from d.

f isthe steamer with its perforations.

g, the cover thereof.

It, a tube to draw oft the cool water put in on the top of the condenser.

i, a tube to lead water from over the condenser down into the kettle when the water therein is low or becoming exhausted.

The operation is as follows:

Thecondenser is placed in the top of a kettle (not shown in the drawing) and fire applied to the kettle, which is resting on a ships stove for instance.

The steam rises and striking the condenser c is com densed, and the water running down the concave faces of cdrops into (I, and is then led ofii by c to a receptacleprepared to receive it.

- 0001 water placed above, on the convex surface of 0, will hasten the process of condensation, and when the water in the kettle becomes ,low'a fi'esh'supply can be introduced by means of the tube 42, which will conduct the same into the kettle, and thus relieve the necessity of lifting .olf the condensing device to supply the kettle.

' When the water above the condeaser becomes warm and steam rises therefrom, articles placed on the steamer f can be; kept warm and be steamed.

The steamer f is removable by its ring, as shown. The, water can be drawn oii fromabove the con: denser through the tube It.

herein set forth.

' G. W. LANE.

Witnesses WM. HENRYCLIFFOR, -HENRY G. Honsron.

This device can be kept J on the stove in a vessel, and so fresh water he conven- 

